A BEER festival is to take place in the grounds of one of Glasgow’s best-known rugby teams

The Giffnock Beer Festival will take place on August 27 from noon to 8pm on Glasgow Hutchesons' Aloysians RFC grounds. 

The Craft Beer Clan of Scotland, which distributes on behalf of Scotland’s craft brewers and distillers, has teamed up with the club to promote the event.

A world-class selection of craft brewers and distillers will take to the field on the day including breweries WEST, Drygate, Jaw Brew, Clockwork, Edinburgh Beer Factory, Tempest and Loch Lomond Brewery.

Bijou Wine Company, Dunbar’s Thistly Cross Cider, and the Glasgow Distillery Company will also attend.  

The festival will coincide with a major rugby match between GHA’s first XV and a league rival, with the opportunity to spectate the crunch game also included in the beer festival’s £8/5 entrance fee.

Claire Marchelletta, Business Manager of GHA, said: “As well as a superb offering of drinks for the grown-ups and a First XV match for the rugby fans, we’ll have loads for children too. There’ll be fairground rides, face painting, balloon artists, glitter tattooists and a few other surprises to keep children, and indeed the grown-ups, entertained!”

Ms Marchelletta said: “Last year we held the inaugural Giffnock Beer Festival and it was brilliant, with everyone enjoying the rugby and some cracking beers. This year, with the Craft Beer Clan of Scotland lending their support, we’re predicting a home victory for the GHA.”

Ms Marchelletta said the event was established last year to raise funds for the GHA and proceeds would be used to support the club, which itself plays a vital part in the community through its various clubs, school programmes, youth matches and junior leagues.

Chris Miller, Director of the Craft Beer Clan of Scotland, said: “The Craft Beer Clan came together in the spirit of collaboration and community, so it’s hugely rewarding for us to be able to support the GHA through playing a part in the Giffnock Beer Festival.

“We want to see beer and rugby fans coming down here on the day and showing their support for this great team, for what it does in the community, and for these great breweries who are frankly world class and in a league of their own.”